New York Court of Appeals

The Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Garden Street in the City of New York…

February 25, 1915214 N.Y. 268

Summary

The Court held that the covenant’s term “dwelling house” includes apartment houses and therefore does not bar the proposed apartment building, and it affirmed the lower court’s order of specific performance, rejecting the argument that future suits should preclude such relief.